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Gareth Gaudin sees two kinds of comic-book lovers: One looks for magic in the words and pictures, while the other won’t remove the plastic wrap.
Gaudin, owner of Legends Comics and Books on Johnson Street, likes to think of himself as firmly in the f
Posted: Jan 30, 2015

Fans of guitar tone have a lot to learn about Bill Johnson. His fourth album, Cold Outside should be the one that has this Vancouver Island native flying high above the radar, finally. Ripe with an abundance of select tracks, Johnson proves...
Posted: Apr 17, 2017

Cheap Trick proves endless talent performing on "Guitar Center Sessions" season finale.
The unrivaled band shows no signs of slowing down as they amaze the crowd with their classic, high-charting song, "Dream Police".
The group recently toured th
Posted: Jan 17, 2014

“Art makes a gift from the heart”
Silverman’s background in community service comes forward in her solo LUSH exhibition. Each of the sixteen works at Gage Gallery are offered to customers on a “Pay as You Can” basis. Proceeds go to the Cool A
Posted: Feb 12, 2020

Catherine Fraser has visited Iona four times between 2009-2015. “There is a special energy I experience on Iona,” she says, “The air is different, other worldly and timeless, renewing and replenishing my creativity.”
Posted: Jan 3, 2019

As Above So Below ll is a continuation of Sutherland’s quest for spiritual development through artmaking. While on an artist residency at the BAU institute in Italy, she began her contemplative inquiry into dots and circles. Other artist residencies in
Posted: Mar 5, 2019

Diana Dean’s home-studio perches on a wooded hilltop near the northern shore of Salt Spring Island. Since 1982, the artist has painted her large-scale dramatic compositions in this space. Looking around, it seems natural that the artist’s landscapes s
Posted: Apr 25, 2017